diff --git a/roles/start-xos-helm/defaults/main.yml b/roles/start-xos-helm/defaults/main.yml
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+---
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# start-xos-helm/defaults/main.yml
+
+build_cord_dir: "{{ playbook_dir ~ '/../..' }}"
+
+config_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
+config_cord_helm_dir: "{{ config_cord_profile_dir }}/helm"
+
diff --git a/roles/start-xos-helm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/start-xos-helm/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# start-xos-helm/tasks/main.yml
+
+- name: Start XOS via Helm
+  command: "helm install --wait xos-core"
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ config_cord_helm_dir }}"
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint # running a command, ansible helm module isn't mature
+